Viana
City and province
Coordinates08°54′09″S 13°22′20″E
CountryAngola
ProvinceLuanda Province
Unit prefMetric
Population as of2022
Population total2,092,439
Time zoneWAT (UTC+1:00)

Viana is a city and one of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda in Angola. Viana lies 15 to 30 kilometers east as a suburb of the capital Luanda and has a population of 2,092,439 (2022),[1] including about 6,000 long-term refugees primarily from Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The city was founded on 13 December 1963.[citation needed]

Administrative divisions

The municipality of Viana is made up of three communes:

Transportation

Near Viana the new airport of Luanda, the Angola International Airport, will be built by the Chinese company China International Fund.[citation needed] Because of financial problems the project is on hold.[citation needed]

Viana is served by a station on the northern line of Angolan Railways (CFL).

It is to become a dry port.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and municipalities in Angola
  2. ^ Railways Africa (2015-07-27). "Angolan Railway Serves Dry Port". Retrieved 2017-07-10.